The Secret Keeper
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During a party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the road and sees her mother speak to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking
… More »During a party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the road and sees her mother speak to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothy. Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress, living in London. She returns to the family farm for Dorothy's ninetieth birthday and finds herself overwhelmed by questions she has not thought about for decades. From pre-WWII England through the Blitz, to the fifties and beyond, discover the secret history of three strangers from vastly different worlds--Dorothy, Vivien, and Jimmy--who meet by chance in wartime London and whose lives are forever entwined. "The Secret Keeper" explores longings and dreams, the lengths people go to fulfill them, and the consequences they can have. It is a story of lovers, friends, dreamers, and schemers told--in Morton's signature style--against a backdrop of events that changed the world.
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Add a CommentA lovely easy read. If you enjoyed her other books this will certainly be a favourite. I must confess that sometimes I just want to say "get on with it already!" as the plot gets too chopped up and moves too slowly.
I agree with all the other readers of this book. What a great read beautifully written and such an emotional ending.
One of the best books I've read in a long time. Kate Morton never disappoints. As usual, Morton weaves a story of complex plots that converge at the end - with the usual surprise that leaves the reader in wonder. I loved this one. The characters feel alive and the story is one I just couldn't tear myself away from. In the end, it stayed with me for some time.
I've really enjoyed this book. Great story and nicely written.
Wonderful book. Once I was half-way through, I couldn't put this down!
absolutely loved the way this book came together in the end. very well done. i cannot stop rethinking all the intricacies and details that came together in the end.
Well written, story line is confusing at times, however I'm sure that was the intent. Good right to the end when all is revealed. Good read!
Authors are not always successful as they flip back and forth through time. it was done brilliantly here. Likeable (for the most part) characters, a wonderful family mystery, and centered around a book of fairy tales. great read!
While my favourites by this author remain her first two books, this is a definite improvement over The Distant Hours, a surefire cure for insomnia. This book also suffers from a slow, meandering middle but things pick up in the last third. Clues & storyline are doled out in a miserly fashion so you have to hang in there to be rewarded by the finish, which is bittersweet. It came as a relief as I didn't care for Laurel's mother much in the flashbacks but in the end, she was redeemed.
Brilliantly written, definitely her best book so far. Couldn't put it down! Delicious suspense and romance during WWII, great twists throughout!